Insulator.



C. C. HUDSON.

INSULATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 0CT.2|.19I6.

1,233,475. Patentad July 17, 1917.

anoetutoz C. C. HUDSON UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER C. HUDSON, 0F NICEVILLE, FLORIDA.

msULA'ron.

Application filed October 21, 19 16.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER C. HUD- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Niceville, in the county of Okaloosa and State ofFlorida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inInsulators, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in insulators and it isan object of the invention to provide a novel and improved devicewherein retaining fingers for a conductor are employed and wherein meansis employed fornormally closing the space between the fingers.

It is also an object of the invention to pro vide a novel and improvedinsulator of this general character whereby a conductor or wire may beapplied thereto without the necessity of climbing and whereby aconductor may be readily and conveniently tightened when therequirements of practiee so desire.

The invention also has for an object to provide a novel and improvedinsulator wherein an insulatin body is employed which may be applie toor removed from operative position with convenience and facility.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedinsulator whereby certain important advantages are attained and thedevice is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenientand advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

The novel features of the invention will hereinafter be definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an insulatorconstructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Fig.2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in elevation illustrating aninsulatorconstructed in accordance witlr ,a further embodiment of my invention.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes a shank ofpredetermined Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1'7, 1917.

Serial No. 126,950.

dimensions and which is adapted to be secured to a suitable support andwhich is provlded adjacent one end with laterally di rected andlongitudinall spaced retaining arms or fin ers 2 curved inwardly onetoward the ot er 0n the same radius about a common center, said arms 2being circular in cross section and tapering outwardly.

The outer ends of said arms or fingers 2 are spaced one from the other apredetermined distance and secured to said outer ends are the fiatsprings 3 disposed inwardly on converging planes and which have theirfree extremities normally in contact one with the other in order toclose the space between the outer ends of the arms or fingers 2. It willbe noted that the springs 3 afiord a substantially V-shaped pocket intowhich the conductor is received in order to apply the same to theinsulator as it is to be noted that the springs 3 will readily separateto permit the passage of a conductor or Wire therebetween but willeffectively serve to hold the wire against displacement. By thisarrangement it will be at once self-evident that t e wire may be appliedto the insulator without the necessity of climbing as the same may bereadily passed between the arms or fingers 2 without the necessity ofthe linemen climbing up to the insulator.

The fingers or arms 2 may be formed of any desired material but it ispreferred that the same be formed of metal and that a nonconductiveblock 4, preferably of glass, be employed therewith. As hereindisclosed, the non-conductive block 4 is arcuate in form and of the sameradius as each of the arms or fingers 2 and is provided in its outerface with the 'roove 5 to receive a finger or arm 2 whereby it will beperceived that the block 4 may be readily applied to the insulator andcaused to be seated intermediate the arms or fingers 2. It will beobserved that in order to apply the block 4, one of the springs 3 mustbe removed which is also necessary when it is desired to is'susceptibleof some change and modification without material departure from theprinciples and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not Wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formationof the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention inpractice, except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. An insulator of the character described com risin a shank rovidedwith s aced Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each,by addressing the arms disposed on a curvature one toward the other andabout a common center, the ends of said arms being spaced, means fornormally closing the space between the outer ends of said arms, and anon-conductive block slidably engaged with the insulator and positionedbetween the arms.

2. An insulator of the character described comprising a shank providedwith spaced arms disposed on a curvature one toward the other and abouta common center, the ends of said arms being spaced, means for normallyclosin the space between the outer ends of sai arms, and anon-conductive block slidably engaged with the insulator and positionedbetween the arms, said block being provided with a conductor receivingrecess.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER C. HUDSON.

itnesses:

S. W. BALENTINE, L. M. PHELPS.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0."

